Ann Hartley
I was going to spend the summer learning more about weaving, but ended up learning some valuable woodworking skills and making tools for weaving instead. The best thing about making tools, aside from the cost factor, is that new ideas can be implemented along the way. For example, I made this tapestry loom for a friend, but then decided to add an adjustment bar so that she can use it to make projects of different sizes. Before giving it to her, I wanted to try it out and make sure it worked well. So I made this small pouch with a pencil holder as an accessory to my golf bag and will use it in the morning.
I made this loom by hand, using scrap lumber. The hardest part was getting the slits straight without having any break. The adjustment bar was a good idea which worked well, so I believe I will make one of those for each of my own looms as well.
The handle on the pouch is square I-cord made on one of my hand-made lucets which you may have seen here.
Wooow Ann …. you are a master
Vidocka, it is funny that I ended up doing more woodworking than weaving.
You better buy insurance for your hands… they’re so valuable…
really neat work!!
Thank you alibb, you are good at motivating me!
Such neat work all round. Thanks for sharing it with us.
My friends were enthusiastic about these gifts, but with the holiday we have not had time to put them to use yet.
That is amazing. You sure have talent at this.
Thank you Branka, I will take all the encouragement I can get, rflol.
For myself, I’ve often found it to be the case that I learn something about tools or some seemingly unrelated knowledge that ultimately makes me a better artist
My takeaway from these events was to cast a wide net, do and learn a lot of out of band things to expand myself and somehow my artistic talent grows with me…
It could be hard for you to become a better artist as you are pretty fine already, but I guess there is no retrograde action, so we must move forward. I had fun on my camping trip!
Even if that were the case, I could still expand my skillset or learn another skill
Yes, that is the fun of life, there are always new things to learn.
I shall continue to gain knowledge until the day I die…
Lovely post. Sorry, didn’t intend to react that way. I accidentally touch the button when scrolling down the page and can’t undo it.
Didn’t see anything out of order, thank you for reading my post.
Thank you, CoffeeQueen, I use the pouch for the first time this morning and my golf buddy was wowed by the pencil holder.
Your creativeness is so amazing Ann.
Thank you as always, Carol.
Very well done. That is amazing. You sure have talent at this.
Thank you Sandra, I am just learning, but I must say it is coming easier to me that anything I ever learned before. I must have been a carpenter in a previous life.
That’s lovely. I love how you’ve made that, it’s really pretty.